Abstract

OBJECTIVES
Our experiences with elective nephron-sparing surgery (NSS) for renal cell carcinoma (RCC) in a consecutive series of 216 patients are presented. Clinicopathological features and long-term oncological outcome is compared to patients treated with radical nephrectomy (RN).
METHODS
Between 1975 and 2002, NSS was performed in 488 patients; 311 of… (More)